Comments on: Bus carrying Phillies minor league team almost plunges off a bridgehttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/03/bus-carrying-phillies-minor-league-team-almost-plunges-off-a-bridge/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 18:19:12 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: CJhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/03/bus-carrying-phillies-minor-league-team-almost-plunges-off-a-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-174216
Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:29:08 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174216There is now, at least in the state of PA, but there didn’t used to be. Back in the day you could’ve requested any special permits on your license. I know someone with motorcycle and passenger CDL license who’s never driven a motorcycle or a bus.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174213It’s not that they really got fleeced per se, it’s just that the prospects were worth more to the Astros than they were to the Phillies. The Phillies have another 3-4 pitchers about the same lcaliber if not better than Cosart. As for Singleton, they tried moving him to the outfield to get him out from behind Howard and he couldn’t cut it. He’s a great hitter in the minors but he’ll never play for the Phillies in the bigs as long as Howard is around. Don’t get me wrong, both come very highly regarded in the Phils system, but it’s not like they gave up one or two untouchable prospects or anything.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:04:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174205That’s because there is no special training required to get a CDL license with a Passenger endorsement, and most companies don’t care enough to provide the training themselves. If you think it is scary being on the bus of a legitimate company like trailways, try getting on one of the Chinatown buses that only do business in cash and pick you up in a parking lot; it’s absurd and congress won’t give the agency charged with regulating these companies any tools to do so because the bluehairs that go to casinos every week don’t want to be inconvenienced for an hour so these buses can get inspected.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:10:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174170Nice one Harry. Now go back under your bridge like a good little Troll.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:20:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174163close but no cigar
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:25:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174147I can safely say as someone who has ridden many Susquehanna Trailways buses for various reasons (coaching, summer programs, etc.) it really is a crap shoot with the drivers. I went to NYC two weeks ago and the driver we had was excellent. I have also seen some drivers who have scared the crap out of me.

Yankeesgameday…one of the best bassists to ever grace rock, anesthesia/pulling teeth is my ringtone!

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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:19:27 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174145You left out Nick Sang, speaking of the bus driver’s hall of fame….
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:14:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174142Do people really think the Astros got fleeced in the Hunter Pence deal? Sure, prospects are prospects but the Phillies gave up some really good ones for a solid, if unspectacular everyday OF in Pence. Ed Wade may be a bad GM but the Pence deal was a good swap for the Astros. Now, the Bourn deal is a whole other story.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:40:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174120I heard Ed Wade called Amaro and offered 5 of his top prospect for who ever they were able to recover from the river but later pulled the offer when he heard everyone was fine.

This story struck me as a little odd, not because of the bus crash, of course. Rather, who and where the players were. Having grown up in Upstate New York — New York-Penn League territory– the idea of an NY-P game between Williamsport and Brooklyn is unusual. The NY-P was primarily for teams in the small towns that dot the landscape of Upstate New York — towns like Jamestown and Batavia and Auburn.

Now, there are teams in Niles, Ohio and Aberdeen, Maryland (owned by the Ripken brothers) and Lowell, Massachusetts. And New York City. Whatever happened to the Geneva Cubs and Utica Blue Sox and Oneonta Yankees and Pittsfield (whatever their nickname was)?

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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:19:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174024Somehow, someone will find a way to blame this on Craig.
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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:01:58 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174015New York is always trying to stick it to Philly!
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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:54:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76499#comment-174009When I first read the headline I thought the bus driver had to have been Ed Wade or one of his superiors. Perhaps he attempted to drive it off the bridge in a proactive attempt to make sure he couldn’t trade his best player next year to the Phillies for prospects.

Thankfully, the Ninja was on the scene and single-handedly drug the bus by the bumper back to safety, foiling Wade’s plot and ensuring that he will once again have the opportunity to screw over Ed Wade next year. That is, of course, assuming he still has a job at the end of the season.